november favorites...

could i BE any later with this post??

here are a few of my favorite things from november in a couple of different categories...

 mac eyeshadow in satin taupe (makes a lovely smoke!)

too faced shadow brushes from sephora

Uglies series...SO GOOD

amarixe

You tube beauty bloggers, i've watched way more beauty videos that i should be admitting to last month!

a few more of my fav utube beauty gals...

makeupByAlli

FleurDeForce

makeupTIA

MissGlamorazzi

and two of my favorite tunes!

xo, 

melissa

swappies!!

 another round of clothes swapping with jana!!
finally i got to borrow her arrowhead dress from ruche! it's a little longer than i would generally go for in a dress since i don't have the longest legs on the blog but the pattern simply makes up for it! i just love it!

and of course i had to try and match my eye shadow to the dress incorporating some browns and navy blue.  i used all shadows from my Urban Decay 15th Anniversary Collection from the neutral side i started (from inner corner out) with vanilla (shimmery white gold) then midnight 15 (oyster pearl with silver glitter) and midnight rodeo (medium metallic brown with silver and gold glitter) finishing off with ace (dark gunmetal shimmer) on the outer corner to smoke it out a bit.  lined my upper and lower lashes with black out (darkest, most saturated black).  i'm seriously having way too much fun with smoking my eyes lately!

(on the phone w/ my mama)

AND! did ya see that Urban Decay released the new palette NAKED2?? I don't even own naked 1 yet (but i ordered it!) but naked 2 looks pretty fun too....i may or may not have put my name down on a waiting list.....what? i like shadows....and i looooove neutrals....i think i can do some pretty sweet 'smoked' looks with that palette that will be great for the office!

yes, i realize that is just way too much excitement to have posted about eyeshadow....

xo my lovelies!

melissa

honey do....

it's 8:24 am, thursday...i sat down to write this blog post yesterday afternoon, but i couldn't think of anything to write.  every time i sit to think, all that comes across my mind is a list of things i need to do this month! with Christmas, Avery's 2nd birthday and my surgery next week, i have a million things to do! but that list is so daunting that i'm trying to sweep it under the rug and forget about it.  

i need to quit burying my head and face this list head on! mainly, i need to get all of the decorations together for avery's birthday party and start wrapping presents so that when i'm feeling better after surgery i won't have a ton of things to do in the short period of time before christmas!

eeeeek! i better get started.....

dress & shoes//asos

tights//ruche

xo,

melissa

2011 goals

-xmas day outfit-full length mirror xmas gift-

i hate to make resolutions. mainly because i never keep them. last new years, i was way to distracted (nine days post baby) to even think of making a resolution. this year, on the brink of my 30th birthday, i am trying to be more conscious of what i would like to accomplish or obtain in the upcoming year.

1. get new runners

2. quit chewing my nails and grow them longer

3. stay organized (at home)

4. be more attentive

5. get caught up on printing pictures

6. get curtain rods for dining room

7. break my 4k record and run a full 5k, maybe more?

8. say i love u more

9. complete avery's baby book

10. take more everyday pics

11. do more girly things

12. frame prints for bathroom

here's to staying on track!

xo, melissa